Starshield will leverage SpaceX's Starlink broadband technology for government customers.
's company revealed that Starlink now has a partner project called Starshield, which is tailored for use by government agencies, particularly those in the national security sector.
"Starshield leverages SpaceX's Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts," SpaceX's newly posted"While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use, with an initial focus on three areas," the page adds. Those areas are Earth observation, communications and hosted payloads .
Starshield spacecraft will also be interoperable with other satellites that are equipped with the laser-communications terminal that Starlink craft use, the page adds. That's pretty much all we know about Starshield; the page doesn't provide many other details about the new project.
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